Bobby Luthra Sinha

How Social Movements Imagine (eBook, PDF)

Anthropology of Protest and the Newer Social Movements in India and South Africa

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how micro, contextual issues inspire collective social action forms against everday situations of crises and crimes through an inter-disciplinary, ethnograhic and comparative research conducted among Bishnois and Indian South Africans.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040109755
• Artikelnr.: 72285867

Autorenporträt

Bobby Luthra Sinha holds a PhD in Social Anthropology and Political Science from the University of Basel Switzerland and a Post-Doc from the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. An independent author, lead researcher, editor, and advisor to several research bodies, NGOs, and multi-media outlets, she is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Asian, African and Latin American Studies (CAALAS) at the ISS, Delhi, and Co-Chair of the Migration Commission for the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnographic Sciences (IUAES).

Luthra Sinha undertakes research and advocacy work on the issue of environmental and human rights of tribals, women, migrants, and diasporas with a strong focus on SDGs and community resilience. Her ethnographic documentaries and research on the Bishnois of Western Rajasthan in India are available at:

https://www.sahapedia.org/bishnois-of-western-rajasthan-culture-of-nature-conservation

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction and Chapterisation 2. 'Micro Social Movements' (MSMs) As
'Newer' Social Movements of the South and the Mobilisation of a Shared
Imagination 3. The Anthropology of Protest: Of Layered Discursiveness and
Twin Imaginations 4. Anti-Poaching Movement of the BTF in Western
Rajasthan: A Layered Discursive Formation 5. Anti-Substance Abuse Movement
of the ADF In Durban: A Layered Discursive Formation 6. Summaries and a
Comparative Analysis of Two Micro Social Movements (MSMs)